§ Mr. Cabornasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many applications for entry clearance by wives and families to join husbands living in the United Kingdom have been lodged in Bangladesh in the last five years; how many have been granted; how many have yet to complete processing; and how many have been refused;
(2) how many applications for entry clearance by wives and families to join husbands living in the United Kingdom have been lodged in Pakistan, India and New Commonwealth countries in the past five years; how many have been granted; how many have yet to complete processing; and how many have been refused.
§ Mr. WaddingtonInformation on applications for entry clearance for immediate settlement made by wives, children, other dependent relatives and others in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan up to 1983 is published in tables 6 and 7 of "Control of Immigration: Statistics, United Kingdom 1983" (Cmnd. 9246) and for the first quarter of 1984 in tables 5 and 6 of the Home Office statistical bulletin "Control of Immigration: Statistics, First Quarter of 1984" (Issue 13/84). Information on applications for entry clearance made in other New Commonwealth countries is not available.
§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what number and proportion of those not settled, or United Kingdom citizens seeking entry to the United Kingdom, have been (a) initially refused entry, (b) subsequently subject to a stop as a result of the intervention of an hon. Member, (c) allowed to stay for up to three months having been initially refused entry, (d) stayed for over three months having been initially refused entry and (e) still in the United Kingdom having been initially refused entry, broken down as follows: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indian sub-continent, Iran, Caribbean and rest of the world, for each of the last six full years.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe available information on persons admitted to the United Kingdom and refused leave to enter is published annually, by nationality, in "Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom" (table 1 of the latest issue for 1983, Cmnd. 9246). The remainder of the information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.